# Accident 19850101000049A: Piper PA34200T, Hopkinton, NH, January 1, 1985

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1985, 13:15 local time
- Place: Hopkinton, NH
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2731° N, 71.8037° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2731&lon=-71.8037&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47364 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA34200T
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO360E
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC85FNC02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FNC02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850101000049A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MISSED APPROACH AFTER STRIKING TREE. RIGHT ENGINE QUIT. UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. STRUCK TREES ON FORCED LANDING

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC85FNC02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC85FNC02), Jan 1, 1985: Piper PA-34-200T (N47364), Hopkinton, NH, destroyed

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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